One of the most powerful typhoons ever recorded slammed into the Philippines early Friday, Nov. 8, leaving behind catastrophic damage and killing thousands.

Casualties 3,621 people were confirmed dead as of Friday morning. Another 1,140 are missing, and 12,166 are injured, reports the Associated Press.

The 10,000 estimate In Tacloban, one of the hardest-hit cities, administrator Tecson Lim is standing by his earlier statement that as many as 10,000 people may have died — a figure the nation's president, Benigno Aquino III, says is more likely to be around 2,500.

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Burying the dead A hillside mass burial became the final resting place Thursday for 100 people who died in Tacloban. It was the city's first mass burial. Many bodies remain lying along roads and buried under rubble.

Looking for loved ones Google created a people finder to help people all over the world locate family or friends affected by the typhoon.

Beyond Tacloban Aid workers in other cities devastated by the typhoon are worried relief efforts will bypass them as the focus has been on Tacloban. The New York Times reports that in the city of Ormoc, located in the same province as Tacloban, more than 90 percent of the structures have been destroyed or damaged and 31 people died.

Relief efforts ReliefWeb reports that the storm affected about 11.3 million Filipinos. The U.S. and other governments are mounting a major relief effort to help the typhoon's victims. U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has directed the military's Pacific Command to help, and the UN and United States are providing about $45 million in immediate aid.

"You are not just going to see Marines and a few planes and some helicopters," said U.S. Brig. Gen. Paul Kennedy said. "You will see the entire Pacific Command respond to this crisis."

Major League Baseball intends to donate $200,000 to UNICEF and the American Red Cross for disaster relief, baseball owners announced Thursday.

The United Nations World Food Programme, UNICEF, Red Cross, Catholic Relief Services, World Vision and the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee are also helping.

Storm strength The U.S. Navy's Joint Typhoon Warning Center in Hawaii said Super Typhoon Haiyan — known as "Yolanda" in the Philippines — had sustained maximum winds of 195 mph, with gusts up to 235 mph just before landfall. A typhoon is considered a super typhoon when maximum wind speeds exceed 150 mph, equivalent to a category 5 hurricane.

After Haiyan hit the eastern seaboard of the Philippines on Friday and quickly barreled across its central islands, it packed winds of about 147 mph that gusted to 170 mph, and caused a storm surge of up to 20 feet.

Other deadly storms Only three storms since 1969 rival Haiyan's intensity: the Western Pacific's Super Typhoon Tip in 1979, the Atlantic's Hurricane Camille in 1969 and the Atlantic's Hurricane Allen in 1980, according to Jeff Masters, a former hurricane meteorologist who is meteorology director at the private firm Weather Underground. Learn more about the deadly storms that have hit the Philippines. The typhoon was the 24th serious storm to hit the Philippines this year.